Jake Diebler is trusting the development process of crucial players like Devin Royal and Juni Mobley to replace Ohio State’s lost 3-point production from last year.
There’s no denying the talent Jake Diebler has added to his first Ohio State roster in the transfer portal.There’s one downside each of those four players have in common, however – none of them shot 33% or better from 3-point distance last season. Meechie Johnson Jr. has consistently hovered around 32% and flashed exceptional range while Micah Parrish hit 35% each of his other three seasons, but when replacing a shooter in Jamison Battle who converted 43.
Indeed, Battle shot just 31.1% from three, a career-low, the year before he transferred to Ohio State from Minnesota. He’d never shot better than 36.6% in a season altogether. Thornton is among the players Diebler is expecting to take a jump next season. That's to be anticipated with the star point guard returning for another season as a starter.
In the frontcourt, the main option to provide more outside shooting seems to be a player returning to Ohio State’s roster after an impactful freshman season, Devin Royal.
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